Browse Professor Quotes

You don't have to memorize this, just to know it.
—Zairi, French 202
They're like, 'Poor us!' Oh, poor you, get over it, get a job!
—Professor Owens, THTR 202: Intro to Dramatic Lit
So, now it's cool, right? I hang out at Target every weekend, and you don't see me at K-mart, still...
—Professor Schraven, THTR 100: Intro to Scenography
Oh, you're a wonderful person, I've known you for years, THAT'S A STUPID JACKET!
—Professor Owens, THTR 202: Intro to Dramatic Lit
Can we believe everything Shannon says and everyone else is just a piece of antagonistic crap?
—Professor Owens, THTR 202: Intro to Dramatic Lit
Ok, the theme. 'This is a play about' dot dot dot. (silence) Well, it's not about ellipses!
—Professor Owens, THTR 202: Intro to Dramatic Lit
Oops, I just said everybody relied on his connections in Hollywood, but he was already dead, so... never mind.
—Professor Mennel, MLL 216: Classics of German Cinema
You're 20. You're not 80 years old. You should remember everything I say, like a sponge.
—Nadayoshi-sensei, Japanese 101
Virginia is for lovers, Maryland is for crabs (discussing prostitution and std's.)
—Dr. Vaughan, Poli 210
Student: But what I don't understand is why, when I try to overload this operator I get a segfault and my core dump is a zero file size.
Frey: You know what, I don't know! And I don't care!
—Professor Frey, CMSC202 : C++
They're not too smart, so they have to practice using the zipper.
—Professor Fallon, ENG 241: Currents in British Lit (About Brave New World)
The music is insipid! It's stupid because if it was beautiful, it would stir up emotion. So it's stupid, it's insipid! It's like techno, right?
—Professor Fallon, ENG 241: Currents in British Lit (About Brave New World)
This is a rubber mallet. You could use this to drive nails, OR to beat the whatever out of...whatever...
—Professor Schraven, Theater 100: Intro to Scenography
Please--don't sleep in class. The more you seem to reflect that I am boring, the more I'm gonna get...boring. Something like that.
—Professor Mennel, German Classic Cinema
If your friends tell you Linear Algebra is hard, then you have bad friends
—Professor Lo, Math 221, Linear Algebra
Hey, no sex in the lecture hall, please!
—Dr. Brown
I go up to my lab, close the door, turn down the lights, and I shoot up
—Dr.Shimoff, Psyc100, discussing Pavlovian conditioning
Some call it trickery, some call it knowing the concept.
—Dr.Smith, Chem101, talking about his tests
Physics is the next best thing to sex.
—anonymous physics professor
I can explain the future in 5 minutes.
—Mme. Chadia Abras of French 103 on future tense of verbs
I'm a big fan of marriage. I do it a lot.
—Dr. Devin Hagerty, POLI 400
Instead of going somewhere nice for vacation, you will only have enough money for trip to Glen Burnie!
—Dr. Kapoor explaining the need to study for his Math 151 class
The honeymoon principle: do the best you can with what little you got.
—Steve Sugar, ECAD 210- Illustrating the importance of making use of *ahem* limited resources.
If you are not clear on something before the test, a blinding miracle will not oocur when the test paper is in your hand.
—Dr Rabin on studying for exams.
The last time I was on a farm I was in grade school. I don't like farms... I'm not a goat person, I apologize to all the farmers in the room. Oh and by the way I don't sweat like a pig, I sweat like a fat man....Now on with the problem...
—<i>Prof Frank Arlinghaus Calc 151 In reference to the infamous optimization word problem "optimize the area of a rectangle with x feet of fence and one side of the rectange being a barn."
The worlds largest #2 Pencil Erector set

—Professor K. Harries of Social Geography, Geog 350 0101, referring to the new UC Building
Sometimes you get lost in the forest staring at trees you can't see... (long pause) And if you can figure that one out, write it down and send it to me...and then we'll both know.
—Dr. T.L. Worchesky, Physics 121
I don't like vegatables or fruit, and I don't eat meat. All I like is coke and skittles.
—Jim Thomas, Philosophy 100
(more or less)

Lets say we have two individuals, Al and George. When we examine their DNA on the gel, we find that George has more fragments and therefore more restriction sites than Al. Of course, Al will want to do a recount since George isn't ahead by too many but George, who isn't good at higher numbers, will know that he wants to keep the count where it is.
—Dr. Gethmann, Electrophoresis and Restriction Enzymes, Biol 302
I challenge you to define LOVE. (Silence, giggles). Well, we use the word love, we talk about it, we sing about it, and making it but we do not know what love is!!
—Sociology Professor
Does anybody know the answer?
John...?
The class sits still.
What, there is no John in this class? There is a John in every class!
—Professor Anil Khatri, IFSM 310: Software and Hardware Concepts
Okay, so I'm hearing about these things in other departments where they give you a topic, not like a math problem, but you type up a few pages about the subject. I think they are called papers. I hear they are quite popular, maybe we should try them in this class.
—Dr. Suri- Math 301- Assigning a paper as opposed to math problems.
We're old farts so don't call after 10:00PM.
—Mrs. Lindsey, Econ 122
Class Rules:
1) The instructor is always on time.
2) In the unlikely event the instructor is late, rule number one applies.
—Professor Warr, IFSM 350
(student yawns loudly)
I understand...you're tired...and the subject is boring...and the teacher is bad...
—Anonymous Chemistry Professor
I suppose you can 'keyah!' during a bowel movement and have a very explosive one
—Professor Robert Provine, Psychology 370
I walk around up here at the blackboard instead of standing at the overhead because it's harder to hit a moving target.
—Professor Frank Arlinghaus, MATH 151
The name is not Mike. It's John.
—Professor John Smith, CHEM 101 Referring to himself when the students were pointing to the broken microphone and saying, "It's the mic. It's the mic."
Bigger balls create a bigger load.
—Engineering Prof. talking about ball bearings
the center of mass of two breasts is right in the middle!
—anonymous physics professor.......
As much as it pains me to say it, no midriff tops in lab
—Anonymous Chemistry Lab Professor
You shouldn't do derivatives if you've had alot to drink. It's not good to drink and derive.
—Frank Arlinghaus, MATH 151
Platypusessesses are those animals with the bills and the round heads and the furry bodies and the beaver tails. They're cute, you look at them and you just want to cuddle with them, but don't! Platypussessesses are poisonous. They'll kill you, then when you're dead they'll rob you. They're natures answer to the gangbanger.
-Jim Thomas, Philosophy 100
—Jim Thomas, Philosophy 100
For those of you that don't understand,
just pretend I didn't say that part.
—anonymous comp sci professor
They were originally only for seamen. (long pause) SEA MEN. Men at sea!
—Dr. Daphne McClellan, Introduction to Social Work
Does everyone understand?...No?...Sorry, thats the best I can do.
—Jeff Six, at the end of a 20 minute lecture that should've taken an hour.
[recuerdo cuando] fumar la marijuana fue peor que matarle a su madre!

Translation: [I remember when] it was (considered) worse to smoke pot that to kill your mother!
—Prof. Rosalie Messick, SPAN 202, discussing Quadmania '02 with the class.
Okay, the review is over.
—Bianca Benincasa, CMSC202, 1 minute after the review session started for Midterm I
The only thing better than physics is sex!
—Dr Worchesky, Physics 122, sometime in the middle of the semester before class.
Today's reading is taken from the book of Brown and Lemay, Chapter 3...Section 3.4...
—Dr. Budzichowski when beginning his lecture using the class textbook
We must make a good joint
—Dr. Kapoor, MATH 151
If you look in the back of the sleazy magazines I read you may see ads for some of these things.
—~Dr. Lovett, Biol 302: Genetics going over testosterone and metabolic type "stuff"
Whoever teaches the class before this is a real pig.
—Anonymous Political Science professor, after a couple of days of throwing away the trash left on the desk by the teacher of the previous class.
Police men use the Mean Value Theorem to catch speeders.
—Dr. Gowda, Math 301, December 7, 2000 (He gave examples on implementation of the Mean Value Theorem to real-life situations.)
I can come back later.
—Dr. Thomas Wanner on the first day of class in MATH 302, when he was trying to talk and no one was listening.
When talking about a student, make sure the student has no access to you; said as he closed the classroom door.
—Dr. McCray, Ling 290
Mommy, why do you keep spelling sex over and over again?
—Dr. McCray, Ling 290
That was almost orgasmic! yeah, I need to get out more...
—Dr. McCray, Ling 290
Anal processing!?? Oh! AURAL processing. Ok good, I thought I would have to change the model...
—Dr. McCray, Ling 290
I need magic, dammit.
—Anonymous music professor
The English language has enough problems of its own as is, it doesn't need yours too!
—Professor Papadakis, History of Christianity; referring to our writing assignments
In Africa, crazy men are usually naked. Philosiphers always ask, 'why is it that crazy men have such big genitals?' It's because there's nothing to hinder the growth.
—Professor Lamouse-Smith, RLST 225, African Religions
I'm talking to much, would any of you like to say anything...anything at all?
—Prof. Harries, Geog 102 Human Geography.
Plants have sex too!
—~Proffesor Omland, Biology 301; teaching the reproductive cycles of various plants.
And if at any point what I say seems different than what the [text] says, keep it to yourself.
—Dr. McCray, Ling 290
I was hired to find how much force it takes for a knife to penetrate a skull, so I got some other guys together and we all took a stab at it.
—Anonymous Engineering Professor
Until you do it with models, you just don't understand.
—Dr. Perks, Chem 351, Organic Chemistry 1
I don't mean to sound glib but frankly, I don't care.
—Mr. Frey, CMSC 202, after a student asked a rather detailed question concerning syntax
“Ashes to ashes dust to dust… this is it baby…DEATH”
—Dr. Weber Ecology 305 on the food chain.
The most common subjects in psychology experiments are college sophomores and albino rats.
—Dr. Teti, Psyc 331
How am I supposed to play this? You hand me a score and it's like a road map to Massachusetts, for crying out loud.
—Music professor talking about student-written scores
You can leave if you want
—Prof Kapoor after looking out the window as a downpour suddenly erupting 10 minutes before class was about to end and as every one was anxious to leave.
If you believe in something, it must be true!
—Dr. Gowda said this to his Math 301 students in fall 2000.
If it gets hot in here I'll just take my shirt off.
—Dr. Budzichowski talking about what he would do when it gets hot in Lecture Hall 2 since there is no more air conditioning
Squeeze the quarter note between your buttocks!
—Professor Aya Ueda said this to the Camerata and Concert Choir singers so to have them sing out more!
This course is to give you some idea of what Math is about.
—Dr. Seidman on his Math 100 course, said repeatedly throught the semester.
Chlorosulfonic acid is an extremely corrosive acid which reacts violently with water yielding concentrated amounts of hydrochloric acid and sulfuric acid in the form of a gas... so before you start the experiment, you have to make sure your glassware is wet. Err, I meant dry.
—Dr. Perks, CHEM352L, Lab discussion on the synthesis of a chemical compound with an extremely long name :P
...Sir Isaac Newton, no relation to the fig...
- Dr. Clayton Laurie
—While discussing the work endured by the great scientist
Now if a big man came in here and pushed on me, I would push back, of course, right? No, I would cower and hide.
—Dr. Smith, Chem 102
if you dont know this by this point in the semester you better buy a pair of dice and a set of tarot cards because your screwed
—<i>dr dymski physics 112 concerning v=IR</i>
The worst thing about having a kid that is dumb is having a kid that loves to do too much homework
—Dr. Shimoff, Psychology of Learning 210
Look at all the cereals at the store. You don't need that many cereals to survive, or even have a good cereal experience.
—Prof. Kleinberg, Sociology 101, comparing shopping for cereals to finding a spouse
Pornography rules! --Valerie Scott
—Mrs. Scott was leading a discussion of the benefits of the WWW in Ifsm 303.
Now, lets do this together...where is your right hand?
—Dr. Dymski, PHYS112, attempting to explain a physics rule that involves using the right hand to visualize electric fields(right hand rule).
this integral is a different type of animal.
—Dr. Osman Guler during MATH 251 in Spring 2000
If it tastes like pickle juice, you're home free!
—This was said by Dr. Titchener when he finished one of his sentential logic proofs in Phil 346 (Deductive Systems).
Look, let's get this meeting over with and go swimming.
—Dr. Perks, Chemistry 351: IUPAC nomenclature
If it's a day late, it's 10% off. Two days late, 25% off. Anything later than that, try again next semester.
—Mr. Frey, CMSC 202, grading policy
I believe you are all familiar with what is known as a 'wire'
—Dr. Ivan Kramer in Physics 122, getting all technical on us.
Hmm... there don't seem to be a lot of students here today. How about if we cut the camera today and screw them?
—Dr. Kloetzel, Biol 303, 3/15/01, after looking around and finding that a lot of students were skipping that day
Let me see a show of hands; Who understands what we're doing? I see, yes, now who doesn't understand what we're doing and wishes they were dead? Yes, now this is an over reaction...
—Dr. Smith, Chem 102 after trying to explain some horrendous chemistry "thing."
I'm not going to finish the proof for you, you can figure it out on your own time.
—Dr. Kathleen Hoffman said this when teaching Math 302 in spring 2000.
humpbacked cougars love to chug malt liquor at the old age crib boyee!
—Jim Thomas, Philosophy 100, demonstrating the power of words to create images
Any questions, remarks, comments?...any sign of life?
—Dr. Kogan in Math 251, after a particularly confusing proof.
If you really want to hurt anybody, you need something like this.
—Dr. Jacob Kogan in Math 251, Multivariable Calculus, holding up our textbook, which is about 1300 pages long and would make a good club.
If my uncle is rich, and I am close to my uncle, then I am also rich!
—Dr. Gowda said this to show how rich the real numbers are in Math 301.
Today I'm going to imagine my head on a giraffe's body... a burning giraffe.
—Richard Wilson, Philosophy 100, while discussing the concept of imagination in Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding
Some would call it trickery, some call it knowing the concept-talking about his tests
—Dr. John Smith, Chem 101
Youve already seen everything in this section(said at the beginning of every section)
—Dr.Minkoff,Math151: Everyday
I see people aren't in class today. They don't know that Calculus is like like a suspense movie..........
(after a long period of suspense)
If you miss part of it, you will never understand it.
—Dr. Kapoor on students not coming to class. MATH 151

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